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• 2023 was second warmest year on record for UK

  2022 records. Met Office Senior Scientist Mike Kendon said: “The observations of the UK climate are clear. Climate change is influencing UK temperature records over the long term, with 2023 going down as another very warm year and the second warmest on record. Had the 2023 value occurred during

• Why has it been so wet this winter?

  driving this persistent pattern, and why has 2026 stood out as particularly damp? A combination of atmospheric dynamics, regional weather patterns and the influence of climate change have all played a role. A more energised jet stream At the heart of this winter’s story lies the jet stream – a fast

• 2023: on track to be Earth’s warmest year on record

  Author: Press Office Thu 9 Nov 2023 Every month of 2023 has so far has exceeded 1.2°C above pre-industrial times [note], according to the HadCRUT dataset. These high values are influenced by the ever-rising temperatures driven by human-induced climate change, as well as the influence of the developing El

• Met Office weekend weather forecast: Largely dry and bright Bank Holiday weekend

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• 10-Day Trend: A notably drier pattern to begin the period

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• A Pacific flip triggers the end of the recent slowdown

  –1900) by around 1 °C. The influences of anthropogenic greenhouse gas release and aerosols explain much of this increase but natural variations in climate, such as the influence of El Niño, mean that the observed temperature rise isn’t even from year to year. Although global temperatures remained

• UK and Global Fire Weather

  The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states that “it is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land.”  We have already seen average global land temperatures increase over 1 °C since the Industrial Revolution. As a result

• Met Office deep dive: Autumn’s stormy spell and tropical influences

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• Global water cycle

  predictions of climate for vulnerable regions of Africa, including predictions of extremes for critical variables such as rainfall. This project aims to evaluate key local processes and modes of variability, and to develop improved understanding of both local and remote influences driving African climate

• Double record breaker: Spring 2025 is warmest and sunniest on UK record

  Spring 2025 has broken historical climate records, marking an unprecedented season of warmth and sunshine across the UK, according to provisional Met Office statistics.

  since the year 2000, and the three warmest springs have all occurred since 2017, a sign of our changing climate.   All four nations also recorded their highest spring mean temperature, with Northern Ireland and Scotland recording notably high temperatures, up 1.6°C on average . For Northern Ireland